Putnam Cemetery
Putnam, Putnam County, Illinois

In Putnam from Rte 29 driving north turn right or east onto County Hwy 13, less than a half mile. Cemetery is on the north side of the highway.

The Senachwine Pioneer Days Souvenir Book reports that the cemetery was
started in 1861 when Peter and Ann Barnhart an acre of land was sold to Senachwine Township to be used for a burial
ground.

There are several markers with death dates of 1840 within this Putnam Cemetery. This cemetery is in good condition and still being used.

The Bureau County Genealogical Society completed a survey of this
cemetery in
1998. After I physically read this cemetery I compared my work with their transcription and was able to add names which either the marker was broken or missing or I missed
seeing them all together. I have identified these entries with an asterisk.

The
cemetery was surveyed first on the west section (A-E)
from north to south, west to east (towards the
entrance). The east section (F, G) was surveyed from
north to south, east to west.

I separated the cemetery into sections so I could
survey it. Each section is divided by a small road so
it was easier to identify A from G, etc.
The 1998 survey was completed by Lot #. The lots are
not marked and I had a difficult time following where
they were. The lots do not run in rows.

I finished surveying this cemetery on Feb 10, 2006. This includes all
existing and legible headstones to that date.